Hello again to everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been gone for a week… I felt like adding a little more humor in this chapter along with the drama, so I added lines from two movies in with the story. See if you can find them…

Chapter 7

(Keep your causes higher)

Link was tired and confused. Why was Mom in his dreams as a kid? Why was she so young? What did that old man at the sword shop mean by "keep your causes higher?" He pulled on Zelda's dress as she walked towards a vegetable stand. She turned and looked down at him.

"What is it Link?" she asked. He hesitated a moment.

"You're my Mom, right?" Zelda looked in his eyes.

"Of course, Link, why?" she lied, but she didn't want to tell him she wasn't his mother. Link held his hands up in a confused manner.

"Well, if you're my Mom, then where's Dad?" he asked. Zelda held in a breath. What should she tell him?

"You have no father." She simply replied. He titled his head, shutting his eyes in thought.

"Alright." He accepted the thought. Zelda sighed thankfully.

"Stay with me, Link. We're almost done." She wandered from one booth to the next. Unfortunately, Link's adventurous side once again took control of him. It only took a minute and Link had left her side. He took off, heading towards the alley once again.

Ganondorf watched from the shadows. He blinked a few times, his eyes wide. It was impossible…Link, a child? Yet Zelda was still a teenager…this could present a singular opportunity for him. With Link destroyed, Zelda would be easy prey. He bided his time, following stealthily as only a Gerudo could have.

Link yelled out, completely unafraid. "Hey, you can come out now." Ganondorf relinquished his hiding place and approached warily. Link looked at this green-skinned man, interested. He knew, of course this man was not to be trusted.

"What do you want?" Link asked.

"I know about you, Link. I can make you more powerful than you could ever imagine. Join me." Link looked insulted.

"I'll never join you…" suddenly, an inspiration hit him. "You…you must have killed my father!" Well, it seemed possible anyway… Ganondorf was the next one to be hit with an inspiration. The way to get to Link was to be "family". He stepped closer, extending a hand.

"No, Link…I am your father!" Link staggered back.

"No, that's not true! That's impossible!" he began backing up, ready to run.

"Search your feelings; you know it to be true." Link ran as hard as he could. Immediately, Ganondorf took to the chase, throwing energy balls of black magic. Link made a wild jump into the only hiding place near, which just happened to be a trash can.

Luckily, he succeeded in losing Ganondorf, who headed in an opposite direction. Link climbed out, wincing as he picked an old banana peel off of his shoulder. Next he heard another voice yelling in his direction.

"Hey, you're Link, right?" he turned to see a boy about thirteen years walking towards him. Link smiled, and walked towards the potential playmate.

"Hey! Yeah, that's me! Why?" the boy met Link a few feet away, then, to his unbelievable surprise, punched him smack in the jaw. He fell backwards. "What did you do that for!" he yelled angrily. The boy growled in his throat.

"Because of you, I had to get up at the crack of dawn today!" Link winced.

"Sorry about that." The boy started laughing, making fun of Link.

"You are such a little girl! Oh, I'm so sorry! I do hope I haven't inconvenienced you in any way! Yeah, you better walk away!" Link was almost around the corner of the alley when something very surprising happened. "You little chicken! Your mother was raised by wolfos! Yeah, you heard me! Your Mom's a pansy, just like you!" The boy, whose name was Darian, turned and laughed at his triumph.

Then, a strange yelling sound reached his ears. He whirled around to catch a glimpse of Link, his head lowered like a goat; charging straight towards him. He didn't even have time to duck before Link ran right into him and pushed him into the ground, knocking all of the wind out of him.

"Take it back!" Link growled.

"No!" Darian refused. Link started increasing his weight on him.

"I said, Take it back!" Even Link himself was surprised at his sudden adrenalin rush.

"No…" Darian was now struggling to breathe. Link was suddenly pushed off of him with a swift kick. Darian grabbed a whistle around his neck and blew it. Two more boys came out of the shadows, helping him to his feet. "Get him!" he commanded, pointed at Link. For the next five minutes, they shoved Link against the wall and punched him unmercifully. Soon, he had a bloody lip, a black eye, and dirty, torn clothes.

"Darain, stop it!" One of the other boys, named Johnny came into the middle. "Darian, he can't stand, look at him, he's had enough!" Darian looked up.

"I'll tell you when he's had enough! No mercy!" he rushed in for a final kick. Link was almost unconscious. Suddenly, Darian was knocked down. He jumped back to his feet. Someone was blocking the way to Link.

He was wearing rags which covered all of his body, except for a little blonde hair and fiery red eyes. "Darian." Johnny whispered. "Look." He pointed to the symbol on the person's chest. "Sheikah." Darian shrugged it off.

"Johnny, Bobby, get him!" They all rushed him, but he disappeared, only to appear again behind them.

A large chain extended from his palm and he whipped them off their feet, spanking them with the chain. They were roughly pushed against the wall and hoards of tiny needles flew their way to make sure they stayed where they were put. He approached Darian, the leader, and crouched down to his level. They all heard him softly whisper only loud enough for all of them to hear.

"If I ever see any of you touch him again, I'll have to kick your sorry butts all the way to the other side of town. Do you understand me?" he asked. Darian only nodded, shaking with fear. "Alright." He made a motion with his hand and the needles flew back. The bullies ran so fast, they were gone without a trace in less than a minute.

Link was only conscious to see that last second as they ran away. Sheik picked him up; heading back to the castle. He did not wake up until he was back in his bed. Zelda was there, bandaging his cuts and bruises. She looked at him sadly. "Link, why did you get into a fight?" she asked gently.

"I…I heard them insult you. I couldn't let them do that…" he trailed off. "I'm sorry." Zelda smiled as she saw him close his eyes.

"Oh, Link…" she began humming Zelda's lullaby to him, ever so soft.

Link's eyelids snapped open; he started groaning. Thoughts began racing through his mind. He saw a dragon, a drum, and a water-filled room. He began holding his head. Zelda immediately stopped her singing.

"Link, what's wrong?" she exclaimed. Link gasped.

"Mom…Z…elda…" he looked up at her. For just a split second, she could see him. His older side. "Zelda?" he uttered her name, and then fell back into unconsciousness for the rest of the night.

So, what do you think? The Ganondorf part was cheesy I thought, but whatever. I really like how this story is turning out. Let me know what you think! Reader replies!

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